Word Meanings - BESTRAUGHT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Out of one's senses; distracted; mad. Shak.

DISTRACTION
1. The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation. To create distractions among us. Bp. Burnet. 2. That which diverts attention; a diversion. "Domestic distractions." G. Eliot. 3. A diversity of direction; detachment. His power went out in
DISTRACTED
Mentally disordered; unsettled; mad. My distracted mind. Pope.
DISTRACTFUL
Distracting. Heywood.
DISTRACTIOUS
Distractive.
DISTRACTEDNESS
A state of being distracted; distraction. Bp. Hall.
DISTRACTEDLY
Disjointedly; madly. Shak.
DISTRACTILE
Tending or serving to draw apart.
DISTRACTER
One who, or that which, distracts away.
DISTRACT
1. Separated; drawn asunder. 2. Insane; mad. Drayton.
DISTRACTING
Tending or serving to distract.
DISTRACTIVE
Causing perplexity; distracting. "Distractive thoughts." Bp. Hall.
DISTRACTIBLE
Capable of being drawn aside or distracted.